“Whitney” is the second documentary about the life and death of Whitney Houston to come along in a year, and it’s also the second one that’s entrancingly well-done. (The first, Nick Broomfield’s “Whitney: Can I Be Me,” was released briefly last fall.) Here’s the thing about Whitney Houston: She was so incandescent (the power-belting gospel-pop […]...

Harvey Keitel, Pavel Lungin Talk Russia and Israel on Set of ‘Esau’ Russian director Kirill Serebrennikov missed the premiere of his film “Leto” in Cannes this month because he is under house arrest. In January, authorities banned “The Death of Stalin” from being screened in Russia, complaining that Armando Iannucci’s satirical movie...(Variety news)

Cannes: ‘Burning’ Adds U.K., Japan, Australia Distribution Deals Distributors in over 100 territories have picked up rights to “Burning,” the Korean drama that debuted in competition at the Cannes Film Festival. With rights deals conducted by sales agent Finecut, the film was licensed to Thunderbird Releasing for the...(Variety news)

Cannes Film Review: ‘The Great Mystical Circus’ As the surprise box-office success story of the last six months or so, Michael Gracey’s “The Greatest Showman” indicated that contrary to the film’s sniffy critical reception, there is indeed an audience for glitzy, period-inflected, fanfare-filled stories of life beneath...(Variety news)